The most thrilling moment in Clint Eastwood's The 15:17 to Paris isn't when its three heroes — Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler — foil a potential terrorist
attack aboard a train hurtling through the European countryside.
But it's easy to see what would attract him to this real - life tale about three ordinary Americans, two of them off - duty soldiers, foiling a possible terror
attack aboard a train in 2015.
Not exact matches
In the early evening hours of August 21, 2015
aboard a Thalys
train bound for Paris, these three brave souls thwarted a terrorist
attack.
The gunman reportedly had enough ammunition to kill more than 500 of the 554 passengers
aboard the
train; but thanks to the trio's actions, there were only a handful of injuries and no fatalities in the
attack.
Based on the true story of three Americans who were tasked with stopping a terrorist
attack, while
aboard a
train bound for Paris.